2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology is the 171st most popular major in the country with 4,312 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 132 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 131 general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology in the Far Western US Region

#1

San Jose State University

San Jose, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,928 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, San Jose State University landed the #1 spot on the list. San Jose State University is a large school located in San Jose, California that handed out 58 bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees in 2019-2020.

San Jose State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Jose State is $14,928 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full San Jose State University General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

#2

University of Alaska Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

#2 in overall quality

$12,995 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Alaska Anchorage. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Anchorage, Alaska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s general aeronautics/aviation/aerospace science and technology degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UAA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Alaska Anchorage is $12,995 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology students.

Full University of Alaska Anchorage General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Aeronautics/Aviation/Aerospace Science & Technology

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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